Lyric Poem · Nature

When The Sun Come After Rain

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Reading room

1WHEN the sun comes after rain

2And the bird is in the blue,

3The girls go down the lane

4Two by two.

5When the sun comes after shadow

6And the singing of the showers,

7The girls go up the meadow,

8Fair as flowers.

9When the eve comes dusky red

10And the moon succeeds the sun,

11The girls go home to bed

12One by one.

13And when life draws to its even

14And the day of man is past,

15They shall all go home to heaven,

16Home at last.

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Poem: When The Sun Come After Rain
Poet: Robert Louis Stevenson
Length: 16 lines
Form: Lyric Poem
Themes: Nature, Peace

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Author record: Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894
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Lyric Poem Nature Peace

When The Sun Come After Rain

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